Doug Feith is now under investigation!

[napi21]

I just heard this on CNN! Something about his office and the war????

[acmejack]

1. False intelligence

Altering intelligence, witholding intelligence! Ha!

[stepnw1f]

2. Good... One More (nt)

[spanone]

3. I read that in the morning paper. Made breakfast all the better.

Maybe we can send the whole cabal to Guantanamo when ALL of the indictments come down.

[RobertSeattle]

4. But by the DOD Inspector General - not an entirely independent entity

I wonder if he'll be Rummy's scapegoat.

[hootinholler]

19. The IG works for GAO, not Pentagon....

They generally do a good job on investigations, but, have no prosecutorial teeth. They have to find someone in Justice or the Congress to actually prosecute.

-Hoot

[RobertSeattle]

29. Are you sure of that?

I'll keep my tinfoil hat off and hope for the best. :-)

http://www.dodig.osd.mil/ig.html

The military Inspector General in America has traditionally served as "an extension of the eyes, ears, and conscience of the Commander." Pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, "the Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall . . . be the principal adviser to the Secretary of Defense for matters relating to the prevention of fraud, waste, and abuse in the programs and operations of the Department."

The law also requires the Inspector General "to keep the and the Congress fully and currently informed . . . concerning fraud and other serious problems, abuses, and deficiencies . . . ." In carrying out all of the other statutory duties, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense is obligated by law to "give particular regard to the activities of the internal audit, inspection, and investigative units of the military departments with a view towards avoiding duplication and insuring effective coordination and cooperation

[hootinholler]

36. Gawd, I'm so confused...

Thanks for the correction.

-Hoot

[TahitiNut]

34. That's incorrect. IGs are independent, but report to the agency head.

Thus, the Inspector General for DoD would report to Rumsfeld. However ...

Are IGs independent?

Yes, IGs are independent. While by law, IG's are under the general supervision of the agency head or deputy, neither the agency head nor the deputy can prevent or prohibit an IG from conducting an audit or investigation.

The IGs are authorized to:

* have direct access to all records and information of the agency,
* have ready access to the agency head,
* conduct such investigations and issue such reports as the IG thinks appropriate (with limited national security and law enforcement exceptions),
* issue subpoenas for information and documents outside the agency (with same limited exceptions),
* administer oaths for taking testimony, and
* hire and control their own staff and contract resources.

Who oversees the IGs?

* The IGs serve under the general supervision of the agency head. Yet, by statute, IGs have a dual and independent reporting relationship to the agency head and to the Congress.

* Allegations of misconduct against an IG should be referred to the Integrity Committee of the President=s Council on Integrity and Efficiency (PCIE).

http://www.ignet.gov/igs/faq1.html

[hootinholler]

37. See post 36 n/t

[Neocondriac]

5. Now that's what I call.........

a "Feith Based Initiative"

[tx_dem41]

7. You know? My day was starting off pretty well....

until that pun. ;)

[Neocondriac]

10. Sorry Tex........lol

[poverlay]

21. laughing and groaning at the same time :) n/t

[havocmom]

6. whewie-doggie, seems like enough people gettin investigated

to be a conspiracy or sumthin.

[napi21]

13. I was talking to a friend last night. She lives out of state, and

although she detessts ShrubCo, there are sooo many things she just hasn't heard about. I was trying to fill her in on some things, but eventually had to say "There are SOOO many investigations, indictments, committee researches etc, I just can't remember all the damn names anymore!

I remember the big ones, but it seems like there's a new one almost every day!

[nickyt]

20. If I hadn't been turned on to DU, I'd be 100% clueless. What an educa-

tion this is. Can your friend pop by and "study up"? And you're right, we need a playbook to keep up, this is a mindboggling array of characters here...ha ha, "indicted" characters, at that!

[jazzjunkysue]

27. We'll have to out-source the investigations to indians.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

8. Fitzgerald deserves kudos, fawning emails, salutes, and gifts from

the people he is helping to break free from the shackles of corruption... uh... that be you and me.

[havocmom]

9. delete

wrong post

[janx]

11. Does anyone have a link for this? It's the first I've heard of it.

I must have missed it on CNN.

[napi21]

14. This link is the first one I found.

http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=163083882&p=y63x84588

"The Pentagon’s inspector general is investigating claims that an office run by US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s former policy chief engaged in illegal intelligence activities before the start of the Iraq war.

The investigation into Douglas Feith, which two senators requested two months ago, comes at a particularly contentious point in the political debate over President George Bush’s decision to invade Iraq and the intelligence upon which Bush based his decision."

I just heard a blip on CNN during a headline update.

[janx]

15. Thank you!

So it's the Pentagon investigating itself?

[napi21]

16. I know, but I don't care. It's ANOTHER bone on the pile!

It seems like, soon, it's going to be easier to make a list of people who aren't under investigation than a list of those who are!!!!

[UTUSN]

12. Kick for Rec n/t

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

17. He spread the lie that Iraq hid WMDs in Syria. He had the Weekly

Standard leak that info.

[fooj]

23. Not a FOUNDING MEMBER of the PNAC's rag!!!

William Kristol gives me the creeps!:yoiks:

[Straight Shooter]

18. "The stupidest motherf*cker on the face of the planet"

That's how Richard Armitage referred to Feith. I doubt if Feith can weave a web of lies as smoothly as Rove. He'll probably create a hole so big in his defense that you can drive a Mack truck through it.

[robbedvoter]

22. Isn't he the guy with the Osama&Saddam BS?

Authoring a book on Clinton being guilty for 911? Or am I mixing a8holes again?

[The Doctor.]

24. I told a fellow at the gym yesterday;

"When you start hearing and seeing the phrase "Office of Special Plans" in the media... it's over for the administration.

He said he couldn't wait.

[Wilms]

25. Thrilled to hear it! n/t

[DrBlix]

26. Gen. Franks was Right

Gen. Tommy Franks in Bob Woodward's Plan of Attack, in which Franks calls Feith "the fucking stupidest guy on the face of the earth."
.
But then Feith knew exactly what he was up to didn't he. Pre-emptively attack Iraq "sell the war" using phony forged, false intel.

[Lindsay]

28. Seems to me there are a lot of competitors for that title amongst

the Repugs. :D

Welcome to DU, DrBlix.

[ProSense]

30. Another in the crook roundup; I hope more to follow. n/t

[BuyingThyme]

31. Is that the Doug Feith who supervises Israeli spy Larry Franklin?

Why would such a person be under investigation?

[Pachamama]

32. I believe it is indeed....

...another PNAC/AIPAC connection? :eyes:

[BuyingThyme]

33. Why would they want to investigate such a person?

Boy, that justice department must be on the ball.

[Independent_Liberal]

35. Kick!